Barcelona will welcome Gerard Pique back into the starting XI for this week’s Europa League fixture against Napoli.

A week ago, Napoli travelled to Camp Nou for the first leg of the Europa League knockout stage play-off round and earned a 1-1 draw.

They even took the lead through Piotr Zielinski, but were pegged back after Ferran Torres scored from the penalty spot for the Blaugrana.

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The tie is perfectly poised at 1-1 heading into the second leg in Naples.

Pique will return after missing the 4-1 away victory against Valencia in La Liga after being suspended for that one.

Samuel Umtiti, Ansu Fati, Alejandro Balde and Sergi Roberto are all confirmed absentees.

Frenkie de Jong was withdrawn around the hour mark against Valencia but should be fine to feature here.

Memphis Depay and Clement Lenglet are back in training but will probably not feature from the start.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen will start in goal behind a back four of Sergino Dest, Pique, Ronald Araujo and Jordi Alba.

Pedri could return to the starting XI after coming off the bench against Valencia, which means Gavi dropping to the bench.

De Jong and Busquets will retain their spots in midfield.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick against Los Che so he is a sure-fire starter, with Torres and Ousmane Dembele in supporting spots from the wings.

Predicted Barcelona XI v Napoli